[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Drama (rūpaka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays) › [The Recognition of Śakuntalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala) › 5.17b1 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 5.17b1 Abhijñānaśākuntala 5.17b1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.17b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.17b1) śā katham idaṃ nāma / bhavanta eva sutarāṃ lokavṛttāntaniṣṇātāḥ / > \[S'\]ÁRNGARAVA > — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring > What do I hear? Dost thou, then, hesitate? Monarch, thou art well acquainted with the ways of the world, and knowest that > — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring - [Previous: 5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.16) - [Next: 5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.17) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5) ## Translations (2) - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.5.p138) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.5.p69) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.17b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.17b1) · Pramāṇa